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Post by telegonus on Feb 7, 2017 8:00:34 GMT
Several members have expressed concern regarding the name of this board. IMDb's Conditions of Use states the following: Despite the fact that this board is not for profit of any kind, I think perhaps the name should be changed to preclude any possible legal issues that may arise. What do you guys think? Should it be changed, and if so, what do you suggest? Bear in mind that changing the name of the site will not change the URL. Something simple, not too many words but,--and this requires a bit of research--words that aren't in use already. The Film Board might actually work since it's ridiculously easy. FILM TALK is another.
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Post by tarathian123 on Feb 7, 2017 8:56:50 GMT
Totally agree.
When I was directed to this site I was somewhat perplexed. On the one hand IMDb was dismantling its forum, and yet creating (as I thought) a new one. I was suspicious that Amazon was playing silly b*ggers. It was only when I delved a little deeper that I realised it was a new forum being created by old IMDb users, but had nothing to do with Amazon. I'm divided on whether the similarity in title is a draw for old IMDb users, or a deterrent, but it's certainly a magnet for litigation by a possible powerful adversary.
On Google Search it's listed as "ProBoards: Free Forum & Free Message Board Hosting" but even that is similar to "The ProBoard" (National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications - Accrediting Fire Service Training Organizations.)
So why not take out the Internet/International bit, we all know the internet is international, get rid of the ProBoards, Discussion, Media, et al, and call it something like Let's All Talk Movies (LaTM). As quoted above it will take a little research and thought, but whatever the acronym adopted it's a sure bet it's already been used by someone else. However I hardly think you'd be sued by the Louisiana Association of Teachers of Mathematics, or the Los Angeles Team Mentoring, or some other obscure outfit.
Just a thought. :-)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2017 9:49:33 GMT
'John Carter' << (real name *rolls eyes*) John is actually my middle name, but I hate my first name so much that I stopped using it many years ago. I suppose I could show my driver's license, but that would require me to care whether or not anyone believes that it is indeed my real name. I'm old enough that I had to deal with Jimmy Carter jokes, and the past few years have been jokes about the movie, so how about a little empathy here? lol. Hey John i have an idea. These losers are promoting their sites here on your board. Why not try promoting your site on their boards and see their reactions. You are too nice to them. They are trying to take advantage of you because you have the most users here. Also, get a domain and take advantage of this situation. Then later on maybe if this flourishes then slowly try creating a database like IMDb and try becoming its rival, with a domain totally different to IMDb. This way you can get rich and many discontent users of IMDb will be happy again. It's a win win situation for all. But if all of this happens, don't try backstabbing us like Col Needham did. Good luck bro.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2017 12:15:26 GMT
This is my first post in this website, and I'm also an angry IMDb member. I've always thought that if I ever create a movie-related website, I'd call it:
LIFE GREAT WATCHERS
(LFG)
Why? Because according to Woody Allen's ex-girlfriend in "Play it Again, Sam", he likes films because he's "one of life's great watchers". To which he retorts: "I'm a doer, I want to participate". Well, as much as I want to participate, to do something, I think it's not that bad being one of life's great watchers and share opinions and feelings through the experience of watching movies.
Just a suggestion.
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Post by thorshairspray on Feb 7, 2017 13:19:28 GMT
IF you can get permission from Amazon to use this name, then I would say keep it. However, I don't think that is likely.
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Post by Elessar on Feb 7, 2017 14:12:20 GMT
Lucifer could you please stop this harassing business? The discussion between the admins of the 2 forums are clear now, and it's nothing like you have been saying. I don't care about your hatred for Col Needham, but don't use it as an excuse to cause rifting here.
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Post by Arlon10 on Feb 7, 2017 16:27:36 GMT
IF you can get permission from Amazon to use this name, then I would say keep it. However, I don't think that is likely. Even when something can be done legally about nuisance misuse of trademarks, the usual course is not to involve lawyers or courts and simply let things work out in the free market. I think you're probably right, at least about it being a nuisance. Different types of organizations might use the same acronym comfortably, like abc.go.com/ (television) and www.abc.org/ (builders and contractors), but if you wanted to start a company called American Technology and Transmission, that would be a nuisance. Unsuspecting customers of both AT&T companies would complain even if neither of the companies did. I think "Internet Media Discussion Boards" is just a temporary name to attract as many Internet Movie Data base members as possible while a new name is chosen by them here.
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Post by bd74 on Feb 7, 2017 18:21:26 GMT
lol. Hey John i have an idea. These losers are promoting their sites here on your board. Why not try promoting your site on their boards and see their reactions. You are too nice to them. They are trying to take advantage of you because you have the most users here. I agree, I'm sick of seeing posts from them. They should be banned and their posts should be deleted. Those of us who joined this forum did so because THIS is where we want to be after IMDB decided to close its boards. We're not going to be bouncing around from website to website like a bunch of jumping beans. We are here to stay. And yes, he seems way too nice to them.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2017 21:20:04 GMT
lol. Hey John i have an idea. These losers are promoting their sites here on your board. Why not try promoting your site on their boards and see their reactions. You are too nice to them. They are trying to take advantage of you because you have the most users here. Also, get a domain and take advantage of this situation. Then later on maybe if this flourishes then slowly try creating a database like IMDb and try becoming its rival, with a domain totally different to IMDb. This way you can get rich and many discontent users of IMDb will be happy again. It's a win win situation for all. But if all of this happens, don't try backstabbing us like Col Needham did. Good luck bro. Lucifer, comments like yours are part of the reason IMDb message boards are getting taken down. Even if you have good points, I really think you should find a better way to express yourself. I understand the hyper-sensitivity to spam, but I think careful reading of the posts and civil discussion are more important at this point. In case you missed it, the administrator of this website is working with the administrator of Internet Media Discussion Forums to make the best website possible. Many people freaked out when they heard the message boards were closing, and wanted to do something, so they created their own website. Everyone has their own set of skills, and now it seems clear that some of these websites should merge. In order to do that, it needs to be discussed. That does not make them losers, which is a very offensive term. The topic of this thread is "Name change?" and I thought we were discussing the best name. You can call me a loser promoting websites, but what I actually said was that they could use the domain name that I had already registered, Movie & TV Forums, if they wanted to. I haven't deluded myself into thinking I'm going to get rich by owning that domain name. I put hyperlinks in my posts because I think it could be helpful. If people don't want to "bounce around from website to website," then don't click on the links. I also told them they could host it for free right now, so they wouldn't have to put freeforums.net in the url. It's not the ultimate solution if traffic increases, but it was just an idea I was throwing out there. I hyperlinked to Cool Place Database to give the administrator some idea of my design skills, which I have offered to him. Pardon me for promoting what I am offering to him for free. It's unfortunate that comments like Lucifer's could scare off some good people from contributing to this website, and I hope that's taken into consideration by future posters.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2017 21:30:00 GMT
Lucifer, comments like yours are part of the reason IMDb message boards are getting taken down. Even if you have good points, I really think you should find a better way to express yourself. I understand the hyper-sensitivity to spam, but I think careful reading of the posts and civil discussion are more important at this point. In case you missed it, the administrator of this website is working with the administrator of Internet Media Discussion Forums to make the best website possible. Many people freaked out when they heard the message boards were closing, and wanted to do something, so they created their own website. Everyone has their own set of skills, and now it seems clear that some of these websites should merge. In order to do that, it needs to be discussed. That does not make them losers, which is a very offensive term. The topic of this thread is "Name change?" and I thought we were discussing the best name. You can call me a loser promoting websites, but what I actually said was that they could use the domain name that I had already registered, Movie & TV Forums, if they wanted to. I haven't deluded myself into thinking I'm going to get rich by owning that domain name. I put hyperlinks in my posts because I think it could be helpful. If people don't want to "bounce around from website to website," then don't click on the links. I also told them they could host it for free right now, so they wouldn't have to put freeforums.net in the url. It's not the ultimate solution if traffic increases, but it was just an idea I was throwing out there. I hyperlinked to Cool Place Database to give the administrator some idea of my design skills, which I have offered to him. Pardon me for promoting what I am offering to him for free. It's unfortunate that comments like Lucifer's could scare off some good people from contributing to this website, and I hope that's taken into consideration by future posters. Ill just repeat myself Dear Admin John Carter, Why not try promoting your site on their boards and see their reactions That's all.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2017 21:30:49 GMT
Lucifer could you please stop this harassing business? The discussion between the admins of the 2 forums are clear now, and it's nothing like you have been saying. I don't care about your hatred for Col Needham, but don't use it as an excuse to cause rifting here. I am just making an observation of what i think is going on here.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2017 21:34:42 GMT
Yes change it to something simple and still recognisable, just in case. It takes no time at all. Eg. IMDBee for peace of mind
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2017 22:51:48 GMT
Better just do it now and get out ahead of it, and take out any risk of any potential future problems. Though, I do not know what to change it to atm.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2017 22:57:46 GMT
Keep it this way. People got attracted to this place and its working. Name change will distract the current users and and dissuade the new ones from joining.
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Post by barkingbaphomet on Feb 7, 2017 23:03:16 GMT
the new name should be BarkingBaphomet & Friends.
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Post by Avenging Angel on Feb 8, 2017 1:49:25 GMT
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Post by matsthywit on Feb 8, 2017 6:44:20 GMT
Several members have expressed concern regarding the name of this board. IMDb's Conditions of Use states the following: Despite the fact that this board is not for profit of any kind, I think perhaps the name should be changed to preclude any possible legal issues that may arise. What do you guys think? Should it be changed, and if so, what do you suggest? Bear in mind that changing the name of the site will not change the URL. I guess it's always possible I'm being naive but I really don't see the powers that be spending time or money to come after a message board now that they no longer feature one themselves.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2017 8:13:34 GMT
Ill just repeat myself Dear Admin John Carter, Why not try promoting your site on their boards and see their reactions That's all. Lucifer, I saved him the trouble. I promoted this website on the front page of my board. That's my reaction. I just want a good message board where I can read about movies and TV shows. We're not all nefarious, you know.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2017 22:08:00 GMT
Ill just repeat myself Dear Admin John Carter, Why not try promoting your site on their boards and see their reactions That's all. Lucifer, I saved him the trouble. I promoted this website on the front page of my board. That's my reaction. I just want a good message board where I can read about movies and TV shows. We're not all nefarious, you know. You are doing god's work
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2017 22:38:22 GMT
I would pick a name and quick, register the domain and let it go from there. Too bad IMDB2.com is taken....
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